Resources

Adoption Lending Library in Modesto - FREE! Funded by Stanislaus County CSA, FCCA's Modesto office maintains an adoption education library with books, videos, and other resources for adults and children. This library is free and open to the public during FCCA's regular business hours (M-F from 9-4).

Kids HealthA great website for kids, providing information about foster care and adoption that is written for children. It has easy to read articles about health issues that children might be concerned with.

Medicine Netis an informative site to research different medicines and diseases.

National Adoption Foundationprovides financial aid via small financial grants and assistance to the adoptive community, and also partners with banking institutions to provide unsecured loans for adoption expenses.

NIDA Notesincludes a variety of information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, including effects of prenatal substance abuse.

Post Adoption Link - Sacramento - This site is dedicated to helping Sacramento area adoptive families navigate post adoption supports, resources and educational information related to the special needs of adoption.

Other Adoption Professionals

American Adoptions- American Adoptions is a licensed adoption agency serving birth mothers and adoptive families. Call 1-800-Adoption to learn more.

The Law Office of Ted R. Youmans is dedicated to providing sound legal counsel and guidance to birth mothers, adoptive parents, guardians and any other person seeking to bring stability to a child's life through the adoption process.

Grant and Scholarship Information for Adoptive FamiliesFCCA knows that some adoptions can be expensive. If you want to adopt but need help with costs, the following alphabetical list may be of assistance to you. Please note that FCCA is not affiliated with any of these entities, and cannot vouch for them in any way. The written descriptions were provided by each entity, and have not been verified by FCCA for accuracy or honesty. Adoptive Parents are encouraged to independently investigate each entity before committing to work with them or sending them any money.

A Child’s Desire offers grants to parents adopting hard to place children, special needs children, and children over the age of eight; grants to nonprofit agencies; and an adoption fundraising program to adopting families.

Adoption Friendly Workplace offers information and tools to help you establish an adoption benefits policy for your employees or propose one to your employer.

Affording Adoptionis a site that provides information on various programs related to adoption affordability.

America’s Christian Credit Union offers adoption loans for families who are pursuing international or domestic adoption. Applicants are required to become members of the credit union and must sign ACCU’s Statement of Faith.

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoptionprovides grant assistance and general education regarding adoption from foster care, as well as prototypes for employer assistance programs.

Global Orphan Outreach exists to help adoptive families find and apply for adoption grants. This organization will research which grants are best for you, apply and fill out all paperwork for those grants for you, have them ready for your signature, and have them ready to be mailed in pre-addressed envelopes.

Help us Adoptgrants adoption scholarships to families hoping to adopt.

His Kids Too! helps your friends and family to assist you financially with adoption costs by making a tax-deductible donation to this organization.

Home for Good Foundation is involved in the ongoing work of planting adoption ministries in churches around the world. These ministries are created to support families who would like to adopt but are burdened by the cost.

Kingdom Kids Adoption Ministries offers adoption grants based on the needs of the child, cost of the adoption, the financial situation of the family and fundraising efforts.

Our Creator’s Hope, Inc. awards financial grants in the amount of $1,000-$10,000 to qualified families for domestic and international adoptions.

Prosper connects people looking to borrow money with people who have money to invest. As America’s first peer-to-peer lending marketplace, Prosper has over 1,480,000 members who provide adoptive families with adoption loans to receive the financing they need.